Betty Compson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-03-17
Day of Death
1974-04-18 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Beaver, Utah, USA
Betty Compson
Biography
Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Known For
Acting
(2011)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1948)
Here Comes Trouble
as Martha Blake
(1947)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena Webster
(1947)
Second Chance
as Mrs. Davenport
(1946)
Her Adventurous Night
as Miss Spencer
(1943)
Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1943)
Danger! Women at Work
as Madame Sappho
(1941)
Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. Kessler
(1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Gertie
(1941)
Escort Girl
as Ruth Ashley
(1941)
Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
(1940)
Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)
(1940)
Mad Youth
as Lucy Morgan
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
as Cafe Hostess
(1940)
Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van Horn
(1939)
Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)
(1939)
Cowboys from Texas
as Belle Starkey
(1939)
News Is Made at Night
as Kitty Truman
(1938)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Loretta
(1938)
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
(1938)
Blondes at Work
as Blanche Revelle
(1938)
Port of Missing Girls
as Chicago
(1938)
The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor Sparks
(1938)
Under the Big Top
as Marie
(1938)
Two Gun Justice
as Kate
(1938)
Religious Racketeers
as Ada Bernard
(1937)
Federal Bullets
as Sue, Gang Moll
(1937)
God's Country and the Man
as Roxey Moore
(1937)
Circus Girl
as Carlotta
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Betty
(1936)
Bulldog Edition
as Billie Blake
(1936)
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Molly
(1936)
Two Minutes to Play
as 'Fluff' Harding
(1936)
The Drag-Net
as Mollie Cole
(1936)
The Millionaire Kid
as Gloria Neville
(1936)
August Week End
as Ethel Ames
(1936)
Killer at Large
as Kate
(1935)
False Pretenses
as Clarissa Stanhope
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Millie Sprague
(1933)
Destination Unknown
as Ruby Smith
(1933)
West of Singapore
as Lou
(1932)
Guilty or Not Guilty
as Maizie
(1932)
The Silver Lining
as Kate Flynn
(1931)
The Lady Refuses
as June
(1931)
The Gay Diplomat
as Baroness Corri
(1931)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
Three Who Loved
as Helga Larson Hanson
(1931)
(1931)
Virtuous Husband
as Inez Wakefield
(1930)
The Czar of Broadway
as Connie Colton
(1930)
Midnight Mystery
as Sally Wayne
(1930)
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Babka
(1930)
Isle of Escape
as Stella
(1930)
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
(1930)
Those Who Dance
as Kitty
(1930)
Inside the Lines
as Jane Gershon
(1930)
(1930)
The Boudoir Diplomat
as Helene
(1929)
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
(1929)
Weary River
as Alice Gray
(1929)
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Doris Ward
(1929)
On With the Show!
as Nita
(1929)
The Great Gabbo
as Mary
(1929)
Street Girl
as Frederika Joyzelle
(1929)
Skin Deep
as Sadie Rogers
(1929)
Blaze o' Glory
as Helen Williams
(1929)
Woman to Woman
as Deloryce / Lola
(1928)
The Docks of New York
as Mae
(1928)
The Barker
as Carrie
(1928)
Scarlet Seas
as Rose
(1928)
The Big City
as Helen
(1928)
The Desert Bride
as Diane Duval
(1928)
Court Martial
as Belle Starr
(1927)
Say It with Diamonds
as Betty Howard
(1927)
Love Me and the World Is Mine
as Mitzel
(1927)
Cheating Cheaters
as Nan Carey
(1926)
The Palace of Pleasure
as Lola Montez
(1926)
The Wise Guy
as Hula Kate
(1926)
The Belle of Broadway
as Marie Duval
(1925)
The Pony Express
as Molly Jones
(1925)
Beggar on Horseback
as Princess in Pantomime
(1925)
Paths to Paradise
as Molly
(1925)
Locked Doors
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
(1925)
New Lives for Old
as Olympe
(1925)
Eve's Secret
as Eve
(1924)
The White Shadow
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
(1924)
The Female
as Dalla
(1924)
The Enemy Sex
as Dodo Baxter
(1924)
The Stranger
as Peggy Bowlin
(1924)
The Fast Set
as Margaret Sones
(1924)
The Garden of Weeds
as Dorothy Delbridge
(1924)
Ramshackle House
as Pen Broome
(1923)
Hollywood
as Betty Compson
(1923)
Woman to Woman
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
(1923)
The Woman with Four Faces
as Elizabeth West
(1923)
The Rustle of Silk
as Lala De Breeze
(1923)
The Royal Oak
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
(1923)
The White Flower
as Konia Markham
(1922)
Law and the Woman
as Margaret Rolfe
(1922)
The Bonded Woman
as Angela Gaskell
(1922)
Kick In
as Molly Brandon
(1922)
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
(1922)
The Green Temptation
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
(1922)
To Have and to Hold
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
(1922)
Over the Border
as Jen Galbraith
(1921)
The Little Minister
as Lady Babbie
(1921)
Ladies Must Live
as Christine Bleeker
(1921)
For Those We Love
as Bernice Arnold
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
as Blanche Davis
(1921)
At the End of the World
as Cherry O'Day
(1919)
The Miracle Man
as Rose
(1919)
The Devil's Trail
as Rose
(1919)
The Light of Victory
as Jane Ravenslee
(1918)
The Sheriff
as School Teacher
(1918)
Border Raiders
as Rose Hardy
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
Hubby's Night Out
as Wifey
(1916)
The Making Over of Mother
as Mrs. Newlywed
(1916)
That Doggone Baby
as Wifie Parker
(1916)
Crew
(1921)
For Those We Love
Writer
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
Writer